As much as we would like to think otherwise, security systems for homes and security systems for businesses are pretty different. Both have their own goals and both have their own unique set of challenges. And then there are homeowners… Read More
Archive for January, 2012
The Benefits of Off-Site Video Monitoring and Storage
- January 25th, 2012
- Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, ehanced business intelligence, intelligent technology, Security Image, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring, Wired Networks
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Enterprise-Class Access Control Solutions
- January 20th, 2012
- Posted in ARK Systems, Wired Networks
- Tags: access control networks, additional advantages, and Smart Card Access Control Networks, ARK is the expert, assessment, audit reports, available networks, building, Building Enterprise-Class Access Control Solutions, centralized management, Changing the configuration of a wired network, constant power source, crucial security, customizable network, data encryption on the card to prevent data tampering, database via online and offline access points, design, end-users, Enterprise-Class Access Control Solutions, Facebook, fire intrusion and CCTV applications, fraction of the installation costs, frequency of access points, global lock down, great news for businesses in today’s tight economy, inconsistent networking option, installation, Leading wireless systems also have built-in redundancy, locks/readers can be easily relocated, managed network access control, mesh network, particular router, real-time monitoring, reduces labor and materials costs, required to be hardwired, same functionality as wired networks, service, simply contact ARK Systems, TCO, Technology, testing, the highest total cost of ownership, to ensure that the wireless network remains operationa, Twitter, typical wireless router, updates and audit logs, very labor intensive and costly project, Virtual Smart Card Networks, Wired, wired and wireless solutions, wired door panel components, Wired Networks, Wireless, Wireless Networks, wireless system design
With the frequency of access points increasing across access control networks, end users will be excited to learn that fewer and fewer of those doors are required to be hardwired. This not only allows for a much for customizable network,… Read More
Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications
- January 13th, 2012
- Posted in ARK Systems, Security Image, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
- Tags: According to National Fire Protection Agency, cameras that are components of video, component settings, crucial security, detection, detectors that use multiple sensing inputs, different types of protected premises fire alarm system, Dispatch operators, exit marking audible notification appliances, Facebook, False Alarms, fire alarm control units, Fire Detection Through Video Imaging, fire prevention, flame detection, heat detector response time, in-building enhancement systems for firefighter radio communications, installing video-based fire detection, large structures, large warehouses, new regulations, New Regulations and Guidelines, nfpa, NFPA 72, NFPA 72 allows video data, Origin and Development of NFPA 7, personnel qualification, separate connections, smoke detection in ducts, smoke detector spacing, software shall be protected from unauthorized changes, standards fire alarm technicians, synchronization of visible notification appliances, tactile notification appliances, The Double Life of Video Surveillance Technology, traditional detection methods, Twitter, unnecessary dispatches across the United States, verification industry, Video and security technologies, Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications, video detection, Video Image Flame Detection (VIFD), video image smoke, Video Image Smoke Detection (VISD), Video image smoke detection systems shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of Chapters 1, video technology, view real-time
Video and security technologies are quickly making a big splash in the fire prevention, detection, and verification industry. This is happening in several ways, which we have outlined below. These include: The Double Life of Video Surveillance Technology: Just a… Read More
Video Continues to Enhance Its Security Image
- January 5th, 2012
- Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, intelligent technology, Security Image, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
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The security industry is always on the leading edge of the technological revolution. This is especially true when it comes to video surveillance or closed circuit television (CCTV), which has been around since the 1970s. Video cameras combine proven reliability,… Read More